Dynastar 6th Sense Huge (2012)

Dynastar's 6th Sense Huge is designed for backcountry freestyle and powder riding. A wide waist, large amount of rocker, and negligible camber make it more suited for soft snow. Spring Blade technology-milled layering of the core at the tip and tail for extra pop-helps make it more playful. Twin tip-loving experts will likely enjoy the 6th Sense Huge, especially when the snow is deep.

It’s still a lot of ski, but tip-and-tail rocker and twin tips give the Huge a welcome measure of quickness and forgiveness. Testers preferred it over the Legend 115, a non-twin Dynastar of comparable shape but with a more demanding, unrockered tail. The Huge was snappier than testers expected for a ski with so much rocker. That’s a function of Dynastar’s interesting leaf spring core profile (stiff underfoot, progressively more supple tip and tail). In
powder, it’s predictably fun and surfy. “Stiff and dynamic; light and floaty; a burly ski that doesn’t forget how to have fun,” said Malone.